Airline News For Jan 2010

[Gerald A]

2010 / 01 / 09


Cathay Pacific B773 B-KPN (36165) left Paine Field, WA on 28/12 on its delivery flight to Hong Kong. A343 B-HXL (381) flew its last revenue service from Hong Kong to Los Angeles, CA on 5/1 & was then ferried to Victorville, CA for storage.

China Eastern A/L signed a MoU with Airbus for sixteen A330s in late December with deliveries between 2011 & 2014. The carrier is already an A330 operator with five A332s & fifteen A333s in service.

Korean Air Cargo B744F HL7484 (26392) was ferried from Xiamen to Busan for painting on 6/1 following freighter conversion.

Singapore A/L B744 9V-SPN (28031) left Singapore on 7/1 for storage at Victorville, CA

United A/L B744 N187UA (26876) was ferried from San Francisco, CA to Victorville, CA for storage on 5/1.

[Mike W]

A343 B-HXL is not even 9 years old. Surely an airline could expect more from a frame than a mere nine years!

http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-a340-381.htm

The same with B744 9V-SPN

http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b747-28031.htm

United have utilised this craft a little better (B744 N187UA) and stretched it out to 17 years

http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b747-26876.htm

... but nothing like VH-OJA still going strong with it's original operator after 20 years

http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b747-24354.htm

[Marty H]

Mike unfortunately its all about fuel burn these days and the B77W and B77LR just kill the likes of the A343 and B744 in this area, SPN well my guess as a freighter and the CX A343 would surely be leased to another operator.

[Mike W]

Yeah, I know Marty but it still seems such a waste. I'm sure the SQ 744 will be picked up as a Freighter once the World economy recovers to some extent but the 343? I don't don't know. The potential operator's Dad will have to own a servo

[Marty H]

Maybe Air Asia X may look at the A343 or perhaps we will start seeing the beginning of the A343 F

[Gerald A]

2010 / 01 / 17

Cathay Pacific B744 B-HKD (26548) was registered to WFBN on 12/1 as N548MD & was noted at Hong Kong the same day all white.
rego B-HKD
prev rego 9V-SMN
type B747-412F
con 26548
line 923
hex 7801C4
selcal BP-GS
built 1992


Euro Atlantic former Singapore A/L B773 CS-TFM (28513 ex 9V-SRA) was ferried from Singapore to Lisbon on 12/1 in full Bangladesh Biman scheme.
rego CS-TFM
prev rego 9V-SRA
type B777-212ER
con 28513
line 144
hex 76CE41
selcal MS-CH
built 1998

[Gerald A]

2010 / 01 / 23

Airbus Production List
CZ 1096 A330-200
CZ 1117 A330-200
CZ 1129 A330-200
CX 1132 A330-342


B777 Production List
EK A6-ECY 35595/840
QR A7-BBF 36018/842
EK A6-ECZ 38983/847

[Gerald A]

2010 / 01 / 23


Emirates A388 A6-EDH (025) set off on its delivery flight as UAE7380 on 18/1. This was the 6000th Airbus delivery.

A6-GDP B742F (21098) of Dubai Air Wing was ferried from Dubai to Kemble for storage on 18/1. It has been replaced in its role as a horse transporter by former Great Wall B744F A6-GGP (28032 ex 9V-SFH, B-2429).

Philippine A/L B773 RP-C7776 (37712) left Paine Field, WA on 20/1 on delivery to Manila.

Qantas B744 VH-OJK (25067) left Sydney on 18/1 bound for storage at Victorville, CA.

Singapore A/L B772 9V-SQA (28507) left Singapore on 18/1 on its ferry flight to Victorville, CA for storage.

Singapore A/L Cargo B744F 9V-SFL (32897) left storage at Victorville, CA on 22/1 & was flown to Anchorage, AK in basic colours.

[phil.l]

Gerald do you have a line number for RP-C7776?

[Peter Agatsiotis]

Airframes.org has l/n 841 Phil.